Broken dreams: Walker Evans's 1930s Americana – in pictures

Broken dreams: Walker Evans's 1930s Americana – in pictures

New York molls, Negro churches and the barbershop home of Perfecto Hair Restorer … this enchanting series of photographs shows us 1930s America through the eyes of photographer Walker Evans as he travelled from Alabama to New York City, documenting life during the Great Depression. His images earned him the first solo exhibition ever to be held at MoMA in New York. Now, 75 years later, they're back on public view, in
Walker Evans American Photographs, which runs until 26 January 2014

Thursday 18 July 2013 10.53 EDT
First published on Thursday 18 July 2013 10.53 EDT